Showing posts with label Marijuana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marijuana. Show all posts
Friday, December 26, 2025

A Higher Class: Rescheduling Marijuana to Schedule III Is a Welcomed Step Towards Legalization

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Marijuana has a peculiar place in American society. In 2024, 22.3 percent of Americans had used marijuana at least once in the past year. S...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Note to Washington Post: Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Has Been a Success

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In July 2001, Portugal underwent a controversial social experiment. Portugal decided to decriminalize all of its drugs for personal use, inc...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

You Cannot Spell "Healthcare" Without "THC": What Are the Effects of Marijuana on Public Health?

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In 2012, the states of Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana. Since then, recreational marijuana has been made legal in a...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

2020 State Ballot Hodgepodge: Florida Minimum Wage, Illinois Income Tax Reform, California Gig Economy, and Marijuana Legalization

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One of the things I enjoy most about election season is not the presidential election hullabaloo or even when you have Supreme Court justice...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Colorado's Marijuana Legalization at Five Years

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Last week was the five-year anniversary of when Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana was enacted. This is significant becau...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Keeping Marijuana as a Schedule I Drug Is Too High of a Risk

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For those who watched the Democratic presidential debate a couple of weeks ago might recall the part where the candidates were asked about t...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Cracking Down on Mexico's Drug Cartel

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Since the end of 2006, Mexico has been ravaged by violence induced by the government's war on drug cartels (see Congressional Research S...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Debunking Heritage Foundation's Debunking of Marijuana Myths

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Even with the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, pot is still a contentious issue with both sides adamant about their pos...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Considering Non-Economic Factors in Marijuana Legalization

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One month ago from today, I wrote a blog entry about the economic implications of marijuana legalization. I came to the conclusion that fro...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Looking at Economics and Why Marijuana Legalization Needs to Go Beyond Colorado

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The state of Colorado is looking to legalize marijuana this November with Amendment 64 . Although you have your proponents and opponents ,...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Should We Rethink the War on Drugs?

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Ever since President Nixon " declared war on drugs " back in 1971, the whole War on Drugs has been a highly contentious issue. Bas...